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and so those sorts of, the mitt romney attacks on obama and president obama's attacks on romney both seem to be landing. but not a sense of oh finally someone's giving me a solution. voters seem to be hungering for that but not getting it at this stage of the campaign. >> enjoy your travels anna, talking to voters is a very good idea if we say so ourselves. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> we posted anna's latest blog. >> ifill: we've posted anna's latest blog for itsafreecountry.org online, along with a map of where she's headed to next. you can try out your own november 6 scenarios in our vote 2012 map center. and you can share those electoral college predictions with your friends on facebook and twitter. that's all on our politics page. >> brown: next, new battle lines are being drawn in the rainforest of the americas, and billions of dollars are at stake. canadian mining companies hold about 1,400 properties in developing nations from mexico to argentina. one of those is in panama, where local groups have teamed up with environmental activists to halt the building of new mines. our
and so those sorts of, the mitt romney attacks on obama and president obama's attacks on romney both seem to be landing. but not a sense of oh finally someone's giving me a solution. voters seem to be hungering for that but not getting it at this stage of the campaign. >> enjoy your travels anna, talking to voters is a very good idea if we say so ourselves. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> we posted anna's latest blog. >> ifill: we've posted anna's latest blog for...
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the president and romney both in ohio giving their competing visions. did either one of them get the better of that argument? what did we learn from this yet? >> well, you had a major speech and then a refuddle, some say response that romney did. the major speech though was more of a rehash than a restart. it was taking the greatest hits from a bunch of other speeches, putting them in 1 place, that is probably useful for his supporters. i don't consider that a game changer. if i were a voter coming in and concerned about my job or have lost my job and looked at these two speeches, i would have seen the president blame his predecessor and the challenger blament incumbent. and i'm not sure i would have felt very hopeful about my own prospects in the short term here. you know, this, and that tie, that dismal tie i think goes to the challenger in this debate. because mitt romney just has to make a critique. barack obama has to explain why at 3.5 years have not been sufficient to turn this economy around. and that, he has explanations for that. but they're m
the president and romney both in ohio giving their competing visions. did either one of them get the better of that argument? what did we learn from this yet? >> well, you had a major speech and then a refuddle, some say response that romney did. the major speech though was more of a rehash than a restart. it was taking the greatest hits from a bunch of other speeches, putting them in 1 place, that is probably useful for his supporters. i don't consider that a game changer. if i were a...
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on his jobs record, and both camps jostled over what the supreme court said about the health care law. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll look at how the romney campaign is trying to synchronize its views with those of republican party leaders. >> woodruff: nuclear power returned to the japanese electrical grid today, while a scathing report blamed government ties with the industry for the fukushima meltdown. we'll have the latest. >> suarez: health correspondent betty anne bowser takes a closer look at the arguments brewing over medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. >> woodruff: we have the next in our daily download series. tonight, how politicians' use of social media can go awry. >> suarez: john merrow reports on a low income texas school district's approach to its drop-out crisis: a taste of college and hard work. >> so we're offering something that's more challenging to them, and telling them, "step up. you can have college now. it is free. it's your future. what do you
on his jobs record, and both camps jostled over what the supreme court said about the health care law. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll look at how the romney campaign is trying to synchronize its views with those of republican party leaders. >> woodruff: nuclear power returned to the japanese electrical grid today, while a scathing report blamed government ties with the industry for the fukushima meltdown....
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and trinity both producing wind turbines and wind towers, and that's a critical factor for us to keep those plants moving past 2013. >> reporter: o. kay henderson says these single issue voters add up quickly in such a small state. >> if iowa does again come down to a few thousand votes, these sort of narrow cast issues can have a huge effect. and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in iowa. >> reporter: then there is the fight in plain sight-- the >> romney would jeopardize thousands of jobs and knock the wind out of iowa's economy. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across the nation. >> reporter: the negative ads are on >> reporter: the negative ads on almost every channel, every night. >> i mean, it's almost-- the ads border on being vulgar. >> reporter: steve bump has run a fireplace business in the des moines suburbs for 38 years, he knows fall is when people think about snuggling up to a warm fire, and more important for him, when they make buying decisions. >> if i'm selling romanc
and trinity both producing wind turbines and wind towers, and that's a critical factor for us to keep those plants moving past 2013. >> reporter: o. kay henderson says these single issue voters add up quickly in such a small state. >> if iowa does again come down to a few thousand votes, these sort of narrow cast issues can have a huge effect. and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in...
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welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in american political history. something you wouldn't say about president obama and joe biden or the last republican ticket. the second thing i think it says is it gives us some sense of the kind of campaign that governor romney would like to think he wants to run. in that sense what this says is he wants to run a campaign on the economy but also on the big fiscal choices that he thinks contribute to the future of the country. in picking ryan, he's made an explicit statement about that. >> woodruff: so, christina, what does that say about what ryan brings to the ticket in terms of his stren
welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in...
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. >> woodruff: and we turn to the campaign trail, where both the president and mitt romney are being asked to defend their positions on how to handle the millions of people in the country illegally. the focus was on hispanic voters in battleground florida where the immigration issue took center stage. president obama was in miami, at a spanish language town hall sponsored by univision and facebook. there, he was asked about his failure to keep a 2008 pledge of comprehensive immigration reform within his first year. >> and a promise is a promise. and with all due respect, you didn't keep that promise. >> well, here's what i would say, jorge, is that-- and we've had this conversation before. there's the thinking that the president is somebody who is all-powerful and can get everything done. in our branch of-- in our system of government, i am the head of the executive branch. i'm not the head of the legislature. i'm not the head of the judiciary. we have to have cooperation from all these sources in order to get something done. and so i am happy to take responsibility for the fact that
. >> woodruff: and we turn to the campaign trail, where both the president and mitt romney are being asked to defend their positions on how to handle the millions of people in the country illegally. the focus was on hispanic voters in battleground florida where the immigration issue took center stage. president obama was in miami, at a spanish language town hall sponsored by univision and facebook. there, he was asked about his failure to keep a 2008 pledge of comprehensive immigration...
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karen and julie, thank you both. coming up, there is more on politics, including disputing the facts in last night's debate. and spring over trade and u.s./china relations.ve plus, helping viims of human trafficking; and getting ready for the america's cup. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the f.b.i. hasim arrested a bangladeshi man in ing york for allegedly plo to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. that's just blocks away from the world trade center site. agents seized the man this morning after he parked a van outside the fed building. they said he believed it carried a 1,000-pound bomb. in fact, the explosives were inert, provided as part of a sting. lance armstrong st peg down today as chairman of his cancer- fighting charity, the livestrong foundation. he said he wanted to spare the group from fallout over a doping scandal. separately, nike severed ties with armstrong today. it cited the u.s. anti-doping agency's report, detailing allegations of
karen and julie, thank you both. coming up, there is more on politics, including disputing the facts in last night's debate. and spring over trade and u.s./china relations.ve plus, helping viims of human trafficking; and getting ready for the america's cup. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the f.b.i. hasim arrested a bangladeshi man in ing york for allegedly plo to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. that's just blocks away...
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about the romney and the issue but we should point out the news story just now within in the last few minutes the romney ryan camp released paul ryan's tax returns for the last two years. turns out he paid just under 16 percent in 23010-- 2010 and paid 20% for 2011. is that a nonissue, an into, itch are. >> i haven't got a chance to look at them. i imagine they are much more complex. >> the income is significantly less. they took between 2 and 7.7 million in assets but that's not the same. >> i think romney should have released more returns from the beginning. now it's much too late. will get it coming and going because we already know about the complex affairs from the tax returns that have been released so they will hit them on that and hit them for not releasing more and you had this classic offer from the obama campaign today saying if you give us what you want, what we want and more tax return returns-- we won't attack you any more for not giving you what we want but we will attack you for what is in the returns. >> so mark, mitt romney is saying, his wife ann said in this interv
about the romney and the issue but we should point out the news story just now within in the last few minutes the romney ryan camp released paul ryan's tax returns for the last two years. turns out he paid just under 16 percent in 23010-- 2010 and paid 20% for 2011. is that a nonissue, an into, itch are. >> i haven't got a chance to look at them. i imagine they are much more complex. >> the income is significantly less. they took between 2 and 7.7 million in assets but that's not...
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so both sides girding again to do battle. >> brown: and in case you couldn't follow the day's developments as they unfolded, we did that online. there you can catch up on the speeches, the analysis, and reactions to the decision. you weighed in with questions on twitter and in a live chat. plus, we annotated the ruling to highlight key passages from both the majority and minority opinions. all that is on our website. and there were other major stories on this day. hari sreenivasan has those. >> sreenivasan: in the day's other major washington story, the confrontation between house republicans and the u.s. attorney general eric holder came to a head in a pair of contempt-of-congress votes. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> the resolution is agreed to. >> reporter: with that, attorney general holder became the first cabinet member to be held in criminal contempt by the u.s. house of representatives. in a separate vote, lawmakers also held the attorney general in civil contempt. it stemmed from his refusal to turn over additional documents related to "oper
so both sides girding again to do battle. >> brown: and in case you couldn't follow the day's developments as they unfolded, we did that online. there you can catch up on the speeches, the analysis, and reactions to the decision. you weighed in with questions on twitter and in a live chat. plus, we annotated the ruling to highlight key passages from both the majority and minority opinions. all that is on our website. and there were other major stories on this day. hari sreenivasan has...
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goode took on both romney and president obama on student loans, pell grants an rising tuition costs. >> you might not get what you want to hear from me, but you'll get straight talk. we can't afford more federalg subsidized student loans and we can't afford more pell grants. >> reporter: but jill stein and rocky anderson argued tt thet real problem is that the obama and romney prescriptions for higher education don't go far enough. >> i think it's time to make public higher education free, as it should be. >> we cannot afford not to provide a great educaon and an equality of opportunity for all onof our young people in this country.o >> reporter: gary johnson, however, said the loans and grants are to blame for the rising cost of higher education. >> that is another one of government's unintended consequences that have college tuition at such a high rate. >> reporter: recent history suggests the independent standard bearers can have an effect. in 2000, green party candidate ralph ader took votes from democrat al gore in florida and other key states. and in 1992, ross perot captured n
goode took on both romney and president obama on student loans, pell grants an rising tuition costs. >> you might not get what you want to hear from me, but you'll get straight talk. we can't afford more federalg subsidized student loans and we can't afford more pell grants. >> reporter: but jill stein and rocky anderson argued tt thet real problem is that the obama and romney prescriptions for higher education don't go far enough. >> i think it's time to make public higher...
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the sharpened debate on tax fairness underscores the importance both campaigns have placed on middle-class voters. a recent "nbc news-wall street journal" poll gave mr. obama a 16-point lead on romney when it comes to who would better look out for the middle class. for a closer look at what exactly is in the romney tax proposal, at the heart of this political fight, we turn to bill gale of the tax policy center. he is a co-author of the report in question. and scott hodge of the also non- partisan tax foundation, has a different read on the romney plan. we thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so bill gale to you first, just quickly. how do you respond to the romney advisor who calls this assessment a joke and questioned its impartialiality and methodology? >> well, first thing, let's be clear, that's a shoot the messenger kind of answer. if they had a substantive response to our analysis i presume that they would make a substantive response. last fall when we put out analysis of the other republican candidates' tax options the romney campaign liked our analysis
the sharpened debate on tax fairness underscores the importance both campaigns have placed on middle-class voters. a recent "nbc news-wall street journal" poll gave mr. obama a 16-point lead on romney when it comes to who would better look out for the middle class. for a closer look at what exactly is in the romney tax proposal, at the heart of this political fight, we turn to bill gale of the tax policy center. he is a co-author of the report in question. and scott hodge of the also...
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i'll be looking at how does mitt romney deal with the the auto bailout issue because both of these men are running for president of ohio right now. that will be a big issue. he knows it's coming. his answer will be very, very interesting. how does he deal with social issues because romney is not very comfortable on that set of issues traditionally. it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a difficult time providing an adequate answer there without getting into more trouble. so there are some specific things that come out of this debate that really makes some news. >> ifill: i'm writing those three things down, michael. i'll be watching for each of them later on tonight. >> governor romney may not be comfortable on social issues but he has been flexible. >> ifill: you had to get that in. we know what you'll be watching for tonight. michael will join the newshour's live stream later tonight for more analysis. and politics editor christina bellantoni will get feedback from undecided deba
i'll be looking at how does mitt romney deal with the the auto bailout issue because both of these men are running for president of ohio right now. that will be a big issue. he knows it's coming. his answer will be very, very interesting. how does he deal with social issues because romney is not very comfortable on that set of issues traditionally. it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a...
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it's a place both sides had earlier assumed would belong to the democrats. the obama camp countered with a new ad featuring the endorsement of former secretary of state colin powell, ran it there and in nine other states. >> i think we ought to keep on the track that we're on. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> woodruff: but the romney campaign also beganiring a spanish-language ad in florida tying obama to latin american dictators g go chavez and fidelv castro. >> we are america's women. >> woodruff: and american future fund, a super pac supporting romney is running ads targeting women in michigan and pennsylvania, states considered safely democratic. as you can see on the "newshour's" vote 2012 map center" there are seven states currently considered by the associated press to be true toss ups: nevada, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia, florida and new hampshe. it shows each candidate's quickest potential path to 270 electoral votes. including one scenario gimpng president obama a path too victory, winning nevada and ohio, to get to 277 elector
it's a place both sides had earlier assumed would belong to the democrats. the obama camp countered with a new ad featuring the endorsement of former secretary of state colin powell, ran it there and in nine other states. >> i think we ought to keep on the track that we're on. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> woodruff: but the romney campaign also beganiring a spanish-language ad in florida tying obama to latin american dictators g go chavez and fidelv...
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and wants to see more cooperation on both sides to get things done. adam salazar, a 26-year-old grad student is a republican who voted for president obama last time. he believes both parties have failed on immigration policy. and park and martha paschal is k apt to vote for president obama again in part because of what she sees as his failure to stand up to wall street. you all remained undecided this time last week. did you hear anything from president obama last night that help you make up your mind? >> i didn't feel as though there was much substance that was given in his speech. i thought there was a lot of emotion and, you know, rallying the base. but not much in the way of policy that was fleshed out. >> i was disappointed that he didn't have more plans for the next four years, specific legislation, or other proposals. >> i was happy to see that president obama got some emotion going. it became lively. it engaged the people. it engaged me. i appreciated the way he talked to-- about that we have a responsibility, we, the people, that it's up to u
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former members of congress, senior policy advisers to mitt romney glootd and both from the state of minnesota. >> lots of lakes. lot of good fishing. >> woodruff: thank you, both. >> woodruff: vice presidential nominee paul ryan is the star later tonight with a prime time slot for his acceptance speech. jeffrey brown has been talking to people who have known ryan for many years. >> brown: this afternoon in downtown tampa, it was beer and brats. at a party for a state that's been much in the political spotlight in the past few years. wisconsin delegates celebrated some of their rising stars. most of all, paul ryan. >> thanks so much. it's great to see you. the 42 year old from janesville has been a fast-riser, spotted early as a man destined to go places. >> everybody knew immediately, even though he was only 22 or 23 years old, this was a real star in the making. >> brown: it was vin weber who hired the young ryan to work for empower america, a conservative advocacy group founded by jack kemp. >> it was born of a real optimistic vision of what conservative principles can do, to make
former members of congress, senior policy advisers to mitt romney glootd and both from the state of minnesota. >> lots of lakes. lot of good fishing. >> woodruff: thank you, both. >> woodruff: vice presidential nominee paul ryan is the star later tonight with a prime time slot for his acceptance speech. jeffrey brown has been talking to people who have known ryan for many years. >> brown: this afternoon in downtown tampa, it was beer and brats. at a party for a state...
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and i think both of the candidates are not particularly sincere, especially mitt romney. and so they're not running on things that sort of motivate you to get into public life. they've decided they have strategies of how to do it and re candidates are play acting out those strategies. >> i challenge either one 6 them to tell -- president obama doesn't have grandchildren but tell his daughters what he is proud about in this campaign. >> mitt romney that huge handsome this is what grandpa sto for. f in 2012. judy, whatever you say about ronald reagan and i said a lot. buthe ran a double defense budget, cut taxes by a third so when he won in 1980 there was a mandate to do it. and i don't see any mandate coming out of this election unless i'm missing. >> one of the things that occurred to me this week is (obama running an ad i think in ohio that ends with mitt romney, he's not one of us. and that's an old code language. and you know, just as a sense of principles you just don't run that ad with that sort of slogan. so it is part of -- >> we saw the debate one monday night. we
and i think both of the candidates are not particularly sincere, especially mitt romney. and so they're not running on things that sort of motivate you to get into public life. they've decided they have strategies of how to do it and re candidates are play acting out those strategies. >> i challenge either one 6 them to tell -- president obama doesn't have grandchildren but tell his daughters what he is proud about in this campaign. >> mitt romney that huge handsome this is what...
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and as you know, and you've already reported, both the obama camp and the romney camp cancelled all advertising in colorado. they are continuing advertising though around the rest of the country. most of it negative. >> brown: david, one of moss moments when politics stops, at least momentarily, and the candidates have to shift quickly. >> i think they're both doing the right thing. i hope it has a long-term sobering effect. i don't expect it will. but one of the features, i think of this campaign has been it's an extremely consequence race, but as peggy noonan wrote t is always a compelling race because sometime these have been migrating toward the most trivial issues. this sort of brings you a little back to earth. i done know it will have any effect, but one can hope. >> brown: it does come after a week of particularly loud and negative week to shifted tones like this. >> right, well i think it was inevitable. today they both sought to look presidential and nonpolitical and comfortabling. and they both skuk seeded in that. i think after an event like that there is nothing a politician can sa
and as you know, and you've already reported, both the obama camp and the romney camp cancelled all advertising in colorado. they are continuing advertising though around the rest of the country. most of it negative. >> brown: david, one of moss moments when politics stops, at least momentarily, and the candidates have to shift quickly. >> i think they're both doing the right thing. i hope it has a long-term sobering effect. i don't expect it will. but one of the features, i think...
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gentlemen, we welcome you both to the newshour. the governor leavitt, let me start with you. we want to ask you in a minute about the utah olympics that you recruited governor romney to. but first of all, you as someone who knows health care, what about that question at the end of gwen's report. do you believe what he did in massachusetts with health care reform is a test... is a measure of how he would govern as president? >> i think from the mass health care you'll see a couple things. one, you will not see tax increases as a means of being able to do it. massachusetts health care feature... did not feature any kind of a tax increase. one of the things you'll see that's different is that it will not be a takeover of the delivery system like obamacare is. he was trying to solve an insurance problem. but he took a very narrow approach to solve a very specific problem of how to get people ensured and i think you'll see him take a very direct approach to very specific problems as president as well. >> woodruff: in terms of how he dealt with members of the other party, what do y
gentlemen, we welcome you both to the newshour. the governor leavitt, let me start with you. we want to ask you in a minute about the utah olympics that you recruited governor romney to. but first of all, you as someone who knows health care, what about that question at the end of gwen's report. do you believe what he did in massachusetts with health care reform is a test... is a measure of how he would govern as president? >> i think from the mass health care you'll see a couple things....
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this week both mitt romney and vice president biden spoke to the n.a.a.c.p. did it garner much traffic there the online world? >> absolutely. our twitter and facebook feeds were lighting up. >> particularly, ray, after mitt romney was booed yesterday at the n.a.a.c.p. convention. the initial wave was sort of one of mockery. one msnbc host said he was deliberately booed because he wanted to appeal to white racist but then there was a counterwave of conservatives defending romney taking issue with the discourts you behavior of some of the n.a.a.c.p. members who after all had invited the presidential candidate. >> suarez: this was all civilians trafficking this image on their own or were the campaigns also interested in getting this out there? >> the majority was civilians very upset with what happened. >> and some journalists and activists tend to join these online conversations. >> suarez: this week also facebook very handy for finding out how your high school girl friend has aged. (laughter) snarky aforisms and vacation pictures teaming up with conventions. w
this week both mitt romney and vice president biden spoke to the n.a.a.c.p. did it garner much traffic there the online world? >> absolutely. our twitter and facebook feeds were lighting up. >> particularly, ray, after mitt romney was booed yesterday at the n.a.a.c.p. convention. the initial wave was sort of one of mockery. one msnbc host said he was deliberately booed because he wanted to appeal to white racist but then there was a counterwave of conservatives defending romney...
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mitt romney went and spoke. you could argue this was a group very aware, its president very popular, michael so what does it is a that mitt romney went there and then the next day the vice president showed up and talked about how bad it would be for african-americans if romney were elected. >> i generally think that mitt romney deserves credit for going there. it's important for presidential candidates and presidents to speak to people that are not natural constituents on a lot of these issues. they need to represent the whole country. but it illustrates the point i was making earlier, a bit of a missed opportunity. what he had talked about in the policy of the speech in a rather good speech but the policy was really generic republicanism. there was very little creativity or innovation in the way he did outreach to a specific group. and that i think is a real weakness. it's a sting strange-- per selfity on the part of the romney campaign. they should be doing aggressive outreach on these issues. there is nothing
mitt romney went and spoke. you could argue this was a group very aware, its president very popular, michael so what does it is a that mitt romney went there and then the next day the vice president showed up and talked about how bad it would be for african-americans if romney were elected. >> i generally think that mitt romney deserves credit for going there. it's important for presidential candidates and presidents to speak to people that are not natural constituents on a lot of these...
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president obama and mitt romney weighing in-- and taking other jabs as well. president obama, who has been pinning his re-election hopes on women voters, took advantage today of controversial remarks made by republican senate candidate who implieded there are different kinds of rape. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the american people. certainly doesn't make sense to me. what i think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women. >> ifill: missouri congressman todd aiken who is challenging democratic senate incumbent claire mccaskill had been asked to defend his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape. >> it seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> ifill: he later said he m
president obama and mitt romney weighing in-- and taking other jabs as well. president obama, who has been pinning his re-election hopes on women voters, took advantage today of controversial remarks made by republican senate candidate who implieded there are different kinds of rape. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the american people....
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but even with the influx of outside money, the fundraising arms of both campaigns have kicked into full gear. another day, another series of money-raising campaign events for the two men running for president. with republican mitt romney on the stump in virginia. >> with your help, we're going to win in virginia. we're going to win in november. thank you for your help. >> ifill: and president obama on the road in the south. >> hello. ifill: but these elaborate campaign events don't come cheap. the president appeared at his 100th fund-raiser of the calendar year last night in boston. today in atlanta and miami, where he attended three more, he suggested he is just trying to keep up. >> no matter how much money is spent on the other side, when people are engaged and involved and they understand that our core values and who we are and what we're giving to the next generation is at stake, the american people fight for what's right. >> ifill: as the next campaign reporting deadline approached the obama campaign followed up with a blunt email appeal today. i will be the first president in mod
but even with the influx of outside money, the fundraising arms of both campaigns have kicked into full gear. another day, another series of money-raising campaign events for the two men running for president. with republican mitt romney on the stump in virginia. >> with your help, we're going to win in virginia. we're going to win in november. thank you for your help. >> ifill: and president obama on the road in the south. >> hello. ifill: but these elaborate campaign events...
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one has romney ahead by three points. underscoring the stakes, one new and today, romney began his event 15 minutes early in cincinnati, getting in the first blow. >> now, you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state, and he's going to be delivering a speech on the economy. he's doing that because he hasn't delivered a recovery for the economy. >> brown: romney offered no new specific proposals and neither did president obama when he spoke in cleveland a short time later in what was billed as his first major economic speech of the general election campaign. >> both parties have laid out their policies on the table for all to see. what's holding us back is a stalemate in washington between two fundamentally different views of which direction america should take. and this election is your chance to break that stalemate. >> brown: the president was seeking to reset the debate over economic policy after days of rough going. first came may's disappointing jobs numbers. and thenlast friday's rhetori
one has romney ahead by three points. underscoring the stakes, one new and today, romney began his event 15 minutes early in cincinnati, getting in the first blow. >> now, you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state, and he's going to be delivering a speech on the economy. he's doing that because he hasn't delivered a recovery for the economy. >> brown: romney offered no new specific proposals and neither did president obama when he spoke in cleveland a...
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gentlemen, we thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: peter edelman, let me start with you. this romney campaign ad is saying what the president has done is going to make americans more dependent on the government. what do you make of the romney charge. >> absolutely untrue. this is a guidance that will help people, that is designed to make it more flexible for the states to help people get jobs. that's what tanf is supposed to be about is to help people get jobs. republican governors asked for the help. governor romney himself asked for the help to me it's what's bigger than a whopper. it's a whopper. >> woodruff: robert rector, how do you see it? >> these are the work requirements that were put in into the tanf law in 1996. i wrote most of these requirements and these were the motor that drove that law to reduce poverty and welfare dependence by requiring welfare recipients to work or prepare for work or at least part of them as a condition for receiving aid. what the obama administration has done is taken these and said they're gone, either out of picture, they
gentlemen, we thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: peter edelman, let me start with you. this romney campaign ad is saying what the president has done is going to make americans more dependent on the government. what do you make of the romney charge. >> absolutely untrue. this is a guidance that will help people, that is designed to make it more flexible for the states to help people get jobs. that's what tanf is supposed to be about is to help people...
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mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover will have to successfully execute a very complicated landing procedure early monday morning or else. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien previews what's ahead. >> and lift off of the atlas 5. >> they are the most accomplished and intrepid explorers of mars yet as they home in on the red planet with their biggest, most complex, most expensive mission ever, they are running themselves through brutally tricky simulations. >> the approach 2,000. criteria are active, rt update rate. >> and lossing a lot of sleep. >> so i have this terrible experience where i will awaken and go down the list of all the things that i could worry about. it's a very long list. >> reporter: for engineer adam steltzer and other mars mavens at nasa jet propulsion laboratory in pass dena, california t is a 2.5 billion all-in bet on a safe arrival on mars. >> it is the result of reasoned engineering. >> the entry, descent and landing is known as 7 minutes of terro
mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover will have to successfully execute a very complicated landing procedure early monday morning or else. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien previews what's ahead. >> and lift off of the atlas 5. >> they are the most accomplished and intrepid explorers of mars yet as they home in on the red planet with their biggest,...
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i have interviewed both of these people a lot. maybe obama is more likable, it's not that much more likable. romney is a pretty decent guy so, i think there is some upside there, that's my personal opinion. >> woodruff: so mark, you know, whatever romney's task is, do you agree with david that the race is tight? romney has picked up a little bit. >> yes, i will say this, the formulation of this race is that if president obama is re-elected on november 6th it will be primarily because he ran against mitt romney. if he were running unopposed, 2012 would be a very tough fight for him. i mean i think david's right. the race is close. i think that tells you how vulnerable the president is with only 43% of the voters think he deserves re-election, by a 2 to 1 margin people think the country is headed in the wrong direction. but romney has essentially wasted the four months he had from the time he became the de facto nominee. he has not filled in, there are two things people want to know. what kind of a guy is he, who is he. he has not r
i have interviewed both of these people a lot. maybe obama is more likable, it's not that much more likable. romney is a pretty decent guy so, i think there is some upside there, that's my personal opinion. >> woodruff: so mark, you know, whatever romney's task is, do you agree with david that the race is tight? romney has picked up a little bit. >> yes, i will say this, the formulation of this race is that if president obama is re-elected on november 6th it will be primarily...
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they both have plenty of money to stay until the end. what i would watch for is if that ad battleground expands. do the republicans see an opportunity where it's worth pouring money into michigan or pennsylvania. that's what i'd be watching for. that will tell us something. >> w aner: wellne, mara liasson, npr, thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: the high-stakes politics of the budget; missing from the campaign-- europe's troubles; destruction in an ancient syrian city; and the world's oldest playable recording. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: hurricane "sandy" beat a path across stern cuba and the bahamas today as a category-2 storm. it's being blamed for at least four deaths so far. "sandy" brought strong surf, heavy rain and winds topping 105 miles an hour, and it left behind a trail of downed power lines and uprooted trees. the edges of the storm will likely bring tropical storm conditions to southeast florida, and, as it moves north, the mid- atlantic and northeast co
they both have plenty of money to stay until the end. what i would watch for is if that ad battleground expands. do the republicans see an opportunity where it's worth pouring money into michigan or pennsylvania. that's what i'd be watching for. that will tell us something. >> w aner: wellne, mara liasson, npr, thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: the high-stakes politics of the budget; missing from the campaign-- europe's troubles; destruction in an ancient syrian...
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does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still undecided then we're probably on to the detate-- debates. >> i have to say, there's obviously a high degree of skepticism, you hear it in the audience and country. and i think it makes you think when you go back to romney's speech that the policy likeness is probably excess-- there wasn't enough policy. they had to humanize him. people in interview, especially on camera will say policy really matters. but personality really matters too. it is historically dualed that people want to vote for somebody they like. but i think, he had to have a little more policy. he had five points which were very generic. and
does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still...
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but this gives romney a lot more room to maneuver. barack obama vastly outspent john mccain in the last campaign that a you lad obama to play in states that democrats don't usually play at. part of why he carried indiana. part of why he carried north carolina. this time by being outspent by romney he doesn't have that advantage. and i think it's going to increase pressure on the big donors who have been very reluctant so for to give to the super pac who they don't like the idea of a super pac. they have started to give money. i think this will raise the pressure on them to give more. >> we don't like to start talking about jobs, end talking on money, but that's the way it is. >> that is the way of the world. >> ej dionne, david brook, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> suarez: finally tonight, music and mentoring in the mountains of virginia. jeffrey brown has this look at a growing tradition. >> brown: in central virginia's rappahanock county, the four- year old castleton festival is part traditional summer music festival-- this y
but this gives romney a lot more room to maneuver. barack obama vastly outspent john mccain in the last campaign that a you lad obama to play in states that democrats don't usually play at. part of why he carried indiana. part of why he carried north carolina. this time by being outspent by romney he doesn't have that advantage. and i think it's going to increase pressure on the big donors who have been very reluctant so for to give to the super pac who they don't like the idea of a super pac....
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i thi romney has got a really good grasp on that. >> woodruff: the stopeflectsts the belief in both campaigns that by now most voters have made up their minds. the overriding goal is to turn them out. and with justtwo weeks and one debate left, the opportunity is shrinking. to appeal to the small remaining slice of undecideds. in romney's case, to ters who went with president obama in 2008. >> he's a very good speaker. sounds like kennedy back in the day. but actions are everything. and another four years, if you ran a company, they're not going to give you another four yearste to rn something around. so that's why i'm switching my vote. >> woodruff: but harder toto persuade are voters like anna hallday who after watcng the long, bitter campaign are turned off. >> it's always... i've been a republican supporter and voted republican untilng this electioi am really hesitant on which way go. only because i'm looking at it maybe i'm older and i'm also seeing name calling and personal attacks which i find is very low. >> woodruff: political science professor susan macmanus of the university of sou
i thi romney has got a really good grasp on that. >> woodruff: the stopeflectsts the belief in both campaigns that by now most voters have made up their minds. the overriding goal is to turn them out. and with justtwo weeks and one debate left, the opportunity is shrinking. to appeal to the small remaining slice of undecideds. in romney's case, to ters who went with president obama in 2008. >> he's a very good speaker. sounds like kennedy back in the day. but actions are everything....
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and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass mas. that is an inherently prickably-- prickly situation. >> woodruff: you are saying it is difficult for both of them. >> i think it is but i would give, right now, you would have to say that health care, which inspired a lot of the democratic loss in 2010 remains a fairly unpopular issue in america. the president's message here is let's get beyond these old debates. not let's embrace my health-care reform. >> i think there is a case to be made, judy, when we talk so much about the constitution and constitutionality. we do have three branches. we've got the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. and the, this law was passed by the congress. it was signed by the president. and affirmed by the supreme court. and i think that is regular order. i think that yes, i don't argue with michael that it has been unpopular. it consistently, about 40% in favor and 50% against. but i think the administration quite frankly walked away from it. i think they, it became an orphan piece
and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass mas. that is an inherently prickably-- prickly situation. >> woodruff: you are saying it is difficult for both of them. >> i think it is but i would give, right now, you would have to say that health care, which inspired a lot of the democratic loss in 2010 remains a fairly unpopular issue in america. the president's message here is let's get beyond these old debates. not...
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president and mitt romney spoke this week, actually yesterday and today, right, to a latino group of officials. the other group from each of them. >> some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president i won't settle for stopgap measures. i will work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. >> the question we should consider this, was providing these young people with the opportunity for a temporary measure of relief the right thing to do? i think it was. it's long pastime that we gave them a sense of hope. now your speaker from yesterday has a different view. in a speech he said that when he makes a promise to you he will keep it. well, he has promised to veto the dream act. and we should take him at his word. >> now last week mark you said that the president had really put it to romney. sort of forced his hand in this. how has romney responded. what do you think. >> one of the few times-- here w
president and mitt romney spoke this week, actually yesterday and today, right, to a latino group of officials. the other group from each of them. >> some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president i won't settle for stopgap measures. i will work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. >>...
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ohio is up for grabs, as polls show republican mitt romney in a tight race to win the prize president obama scored four years ago. 18 electoral votes are at stake, and both candidates are ramping up their ground game. but are voters listening? saturday afternoons in brunswick, ohio, are all about team sports. the boys play baseball; the girls, softball. on the side lines, parents like asphalt worker darren clinko worry >> me and my wife are talking. our oldest daughter brook will be going to college. how are we going to afford that? it will be hard for us to help hoar out and pay for it. she's probably going to have to take on some debt. i hate for my child to graduate from college and be $80-$100,000 in debt. that's not the way it's supposed to be >> ifill: jennifer and michael say that the nation is simply spending itself into a hole >> i don't want to strap my kids and my grand kids with debt. just really really concerned about how we're going to dig ourselves out. >> ifill: these fretful parents say they will probably vote for mitt romney this fall. because he shares their conserv
ohio is up for grabs, as polls show republican mitt romney in a tight race to win the prize president obama scored four years ago. 18 electoral votes are at stake, and both candidates are ramping up their ground game. but are voters listening? saturday afternoons in brunswick, ohio, are all about team sports. the boys play baseball; the girls, softball. on the side lines, parents like asphalt worker darren clinko worry >> me and my wife are talking. our oldest daughter brook will be going...
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gentlemen, we thank you both for being we're. jeremy ben-ami, noah pollack, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and on our web site, we will have more on the jewish vote and romney's international journey in tomorrow's morning line. >> ifill: now to syria, with two reports from inside aleppo, as the nation's largest city endures its tenth day of fierce battle between government troops and rebels. the fighting there has centered in the southwestern neighborhood of sala-heddine. the united nations reports that two hundred thousand of the city's 2.5 million residents have already fled. we begin with john ray of independent television news. reporter: the battle for these streets could yet decide fate of all syria. so rebels fight hard to obtain a foothold at the heart of the city. while state tv shows assad's soldiers hunting them down. if it looks slightly staged, we've witnessed the awesome reality of the regime's fire power. on the outskirts of aleppo we come under a barrage of rocket attacks. it will last several hours. ate at
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we hear from both sides. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown looks at how the latest iphone upgrade is accelerating competition in the smartphone industry. >> woodruff: are chemicals sprayed in oregon's forests dangerous or not? we have a report from our partners at the center for investigative reporting. >> they're spraying with helicopters all these ridged tops, so everything they're spraying up top eventually gets down to all of these residents. >> forced application of herbicides is done in accordance with all state laws. and we believe it does not represent an unreasonable harm. >> ifill: and margaret warner gets a snapshot of poverty in america, still at record-high levels. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: questions swirled today about the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya and it
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. >> so is everybody else on both sides. >> well, what the romney/ryan plan does is give people, as we said, a fixed amount to shop with and then hope that cost containment will become efficient. but it puts the risk on the beneficiary, on the senior. joe has talked about health care payment being out of whack, that we pay for more and more services, ever more costly services, we need to address that. and the obama plan does address that but it does so in a way that holds providers accountable and uses the medicare program to keep costs under control. it does not shift the responsibility to the shopping seniors. >> woodruff: you mentioned that $716 billion, joe antos. >> let me talk a little about that. >> woodruff: let me come back to mr. antos a minute. because you were saying those cuts mainly to providers, what's the problem with that? trying to find economies... >> frankly, the medicare program should be fixed. i think we agree with that. the question is how. what the actuaries tell us is that if those cuts go through and medicare will be paying at the rate of the medicaid program
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both g.m. and chrysler have protested. but the romney campaign insi ts the facts in the ads arets accurate. syrian government forces stepped up widespread air assaults on opposition strongholds today, i-government activists said, after a holiday ceasefire fe apart. amateur video showed mig fighter jets strike near a mosque on the outskirts of damascus. so pounded the north, in towns ineluding dair al zour. two days of bombing have left at least 185 people dead. meanwhile, u.s. secretary ofns state hillary clinton called for a shakeup of the syrian opposition in its bid to oust president assad. she said it should include people who've been fighting on the front lines, not just activists who've lived outside of syria for decades. in china, a vernment think tank urged leadership to end the country's one-child policy. it recommends each family be allowed to have two children by 2015,ntnd by 2020 all limits be dropped.nd the one-child policy was introduced in 1980 to help curb china's population growth. but it's been widely unp
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i'd say the same, by the way, of anne romney, who who has a tremendous advantage. it says something that i think both of these women are probably better natural politicians than their husbands. and of but the warning here, of course, is that, just like your vice presidents, the first lady is not determinative in the outcome of the election. otherwise, george h.w. bush would have been re-elected as president because barbara bush was a beloved figure in america. she is a tremendous advantage to the president. >> warner: how do you see, ruth, the role of michelle obama and anne romney? >> i think as michael said they're not going to be tipping the balance, but they are the first sarcombat. they are, first of all, validators of their spouses in the cases we've had mostly, the-- their husbands' person as. they help humanize them, and these are men who both in some ways need a little bit of humanizing and warming up. people want to know that their presidents are family men or women. they're also-- look, this is a-- campaigns these days are "all hands on deck" extravaganz
i'd say the same, by the way, of anne romney, who who has a tremendous advantage. it says something that i think both of these women are probably better natural politicians than their husbands. and of but the warning here, of course, is that, just like your vice presidents, the first lady is not determinative in the outcome of the election. otherwise, george h.w. bush would have been re-elected as president because barbara bush was a beloved figure in america. she is a tremendous advantage to...
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. >> ifill: both campaigns are stepping up their games. republican volunteers crowded into this weekend phone bank after the first debate. when you talk to voters after the debate, are people saying "well okay, i'm giving him a second look?" >> yes, definitely, definitely. the majority of them i'm speaking to are saying hey, we see what you've been seeing. we're on. we're on with you girl. so that's great! >> ifill: even the undecided maura fletcher said she was impressed by romney's performance. >> he's polished, he answers questions succinctly. what he said made sense to me. >> ifill: chris kennedy, who runs the jefferson county democratic party, organized a local candidates chili cook-off this past weekend. he conceded the debate may have made his job more difficult. >> there were probably a few unaffiliated who went romney's way after that. i'm not going to lie. but we have the stronger campaign on the ground. and i think president obama has a stronger message that resonates with more people. and i think that's going to bring us to the
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thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. woodruff: look for a comment from romney's remarks. my interview with bob woodward will air soon. there's more politics coming up, with a look at the battleground state of nevada. also ahead, the disputed islands in the east china sea, and former united nations secretary general kofi annan. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the battle over a voter i.d. law in pennsylvania has taken a new turn. the state supreme court today ordered a lower court judge to review his decision that upheld the law. if he finds that voters cannot easily obtain a photo i.d. and will be disenfranchised, he must strike down the statute. otherwise, it stands. similar legal battles are under way in several other states. a federal judge in arizona has cleared the way to enforce a centerpiece of the state's new immigration law. effective immediately, police who stop people for other reasons will have to ask about their immigration status, if it seems in doubt. the u.s.
thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. woodruff: look for a comment from romney's remarks. my interview with bob woodward will air soon. there's more politics coming up, with a look at the battleground state of nevada. also ahead, the disputed islands in the east china sea, and former united nations secretary general kofi annan. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the battle over a voter i.d. law in pennsylvania has taken a...
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as mitt romney was out front clinching the republican nomination for president last month, he was raking in millions behind the scenes. the romney presidential campaign and the republican national committee reported today that they raised a combined $76.8 million in may-- far outpacing the $60 million raised by president obama and the democrats last month. it's the first time in the 2012 campaign that fundraising for governor romney has surpassed that of the obama campaign. romney and the r.n.c. had $107 million in the bank, the obama campaign has not yet disclosed that figure. with a strengthened campaign arsenal, romney continued to pound the president on the economy at a military contracting plant in st. louis. >> over the last three and a record numbers of americans have lost their jobs or simply record numbers of americans are living in poverty today, over 46 million of our fellow americans are living below the poverty line. this is not just a failure of policy; it is a moral failure. >> woodruff: while the president's camp was also focused on the economy, his campaign kept its atte
as mitt romney was out front clinching the republican nomination for president last month, he was raking in millions behind the scenes. the romney presidential campaign and the republican national committee reported today that they raised a combined $76.8 million in may-- far outpacing the $60 million raised by president obama and the democrats last month. it's the first time in the 2012 campaign that fundraising for governor romney has surpassed that of the obama campaign. romney and the...
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. >> brown: randi weingarter, do you see yourself in some sense fighting both parties now. >> look, i think roy is right. this is a low issue. it has national ramifications. but you notice the first thing mitt romney, who doesn't want to invest in public education, the first thing did is try to nationalize this issue and try to get president obama in there. president obama rightly said or his campaign rightly said this is a local issue that has to be solved at the negotiating table. one side does... one size does not fit all. but we do want to make sure that teachers are the best they can be. we want to make sure they get support. we want to make sure the kids get what they need so they can achieve their dreams. >> brown: randi weingarter, roy roamer, thanks both very much. >> thank you. for the record we invited mayor emmanuel to appear on the program this evening. his office did not respond to our request. >> ifill: next, how economic philosophy defines the presidential candidates' campaigns approach to health care. newshour economics correspondent paul solman has our story, part of
. >> brown: randi weingarter, do you see yourself in some sense fighting both parties now. >> look, i think roy is right. this is a low issue. it has national ramifications. but you notice the first thing mitt romney, who doesn't want to invest in public education, the first thing did is try to nationalize this issue and try to get president obama in there. president obama rightly said or his campaign rightly said this is a local issue that has to be solved at the negotiating table....
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obama and his republican challenger mitt romney in the fall campaign. since election day when they lost latino voters by a lopsided margin, republicans have begun joining calls for reforms. it's also an issue with potential economic repercussions on both sides of the border. mexico and the u.s. have become vital trading partners as the mexican economy booms. it now ranks as the second largest latin american economy behind brazil's. for more on the president's meeting with pena nieto and the u.s. and mexico's war on drugs, i'm joined by shannon o'neal, a senior fellow at the council of foreign relations, and michael shifter, president of inter- american dialogue. shannon o'neal, first to you. at any given moment, the president of these two countries have plenty to talk about. but at this very moment with two new administrations about to begin, are the top agenda items in the mexico-u.s. relationship? >> well, as you heard from the press release one of the big issues that mexico comes with is the economic issue and the economic ties between the two nation
obama and his republican challenger mitt romney in the fall campaign. since election day when they lost latino voters by a lopsided margin, republicans have begun joining calls for reforms. it's also an issue with potential economic repercussions on both sides of the border. mexico and the u.s. have become vital trading partners as the mexican economy booms. it now ranks as the second largest latin american economy behind brazil's. for more on the president's meeting with pena nieto and the...
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versus the romney campaign are raising, they are both going to be very competitive. neither one of the guys is going to run out of money. what really stacks the deck against the president are the super packs all the outside money coming into the system and coming into the game. and that should put a little bit of fear and panic into democrats. >> rick davis, how fearful and panicked should the democrats be? >> well, certainly the tone has changed a lot from early remarks by thfr obama campaign how they were going to raise a billion dollars and be the first campaign in history to cross that huge mark. and certainly, i never thought that was any great shakes. i mean, obama outraisedwññuj in 2008 by a significant margin. and spent almost three to one, in some states 4 to one against us in television. this is quite a different table and i think that it's an indication of problems within the obama electorate. raising money is some indication of your level of support out in the country. and the fact that obama is not going to have an advantage for fundraising is a first-
versus the romney campaign are raising, they are both going to be very competitive. neither one of the guys is going to run out of money. what really stacks the deck against the president are the super packs all the outside money coming into the system and coming into the game. and that should put a little bit of fear and panic into democrats. >> rick davis, how fearful and panicked should the democrats be? >> well, certainly the tone has changed a lot from early remarks by thfr...
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thank you both for being with us. >> woodruff: you can watch all of mitt romney's speech at v.m.i. today on our web site. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, a deadly meningitis outbreak; the stem cell breakthrough; rothenburg, page, and kohut on the campaign; and salman rushdie on life under a death sentence. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the investigation into the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya took new turns today. cbs and abc news reported american officials in libya had asked for more security personnel, but the state department refused. meanwhile, libyan officials said president obama's top counterterror advisor, john brennan, will be in libya tomorrow to discuss the investigation. a warning from congress today: u.s. companies should stop doing business with china's top two telecommunications firms, huawei technologies and z.t.e. the house intelligence committee reported both have close ties to the government of china. it said using their components in u.s. computer networks could let them steal trade secrets or e
thank you both for being with us. >> woodruff: you can watch all of mitt romney's speech at v.m.i. today on our web site. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, a deadly meningitis outbreak; the stem cell breakthrough; rothenburg, page, and kohut on the campaign; and salman rushdie on life under a death sentence. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the investigation into the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya took new turns...
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adam smith, starting with you in florida. >> oh, they are both verdict organized. obama has by far the biggest campaign operation florida has ever seen. i think there are about 50 offices now open in every corner of the state. and romney, unlike mccain four years ago, really has a pretty solid grass-roots operation. he's got dozens of campaign offices. he's investing in the ground troops. and they seem to be getting a lot of people showing up for those phone banks and door knocks. >> woodruff: karen kasler? >> it seems to be the same here if ohio. in 2010, the off-year elections, the republicans dominated and they've kept that organization. and last year, in ohio, the democrats scored a big win with with witthe repeal of collective bargaining reform law. they're countdowning on that to bring their voters out this fall. >> woodruff: just a few words from you, kay henderson, in iowa, on organization. >> in 2000-- oh, on organization. in 20 00, al gore won by 4,000 votes. in 2004, george w. bush won by 10,000 votes. this is an incredibly close election again in 2012 a
adam smith, starting with you in florida. >> oh, they are both verdict organized. obama has by far the biggest campaign operation florida has ever seen. i think there are about 50 offices now open in every corner of the state. and romney, unlike mccain four years ago, really has a pretty solid grass-roots operation. he's got dozens of campaign offices. he's investing in the ground troops. and they seem to be getting a lot of people showing up for those phone banks and door knocks....
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welcome to you both. before we start, let me share some new poll numbers out in the past few days: among likely voters across the country, cbs and "the new york times" finds the president with 49% to governor romney's 46%; and fox news finds the president with 48% to romney's 43%. separately, in three key battleground states, an nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll finds mr. obama ahead in all three-- by 50% to 43% in ohio, and by an identical 49% to 44% in both florida and virginia. so david, recognizing that these polls are just a snapshot, the elections weeks away wa, dow make of that? >> i think romney's concession speech should be this evening, at some point. no, he's behind. if you take the average of all the national polls, he's probably behind by about 3.5, 3.of. the nba "the wall street journal" swing state polls should be more troubling to him. s is an excellent poll, a poll widely respected by the professionals in the field. and it shows him behind in all three states that he really needs to w
welcome to you both. before we start, let me share some new poll numbers out in the past few days: among likely voters across the country, cbs and "the new york times" finds the president with 49% to governor romney's 46%; and fox news finds the president with 48% to romney's 43%. separately, in three key battleground states, an nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll finds mr. obama ahead in all three-- by 50% to 43% in ohio, and by an identical 49% to 44% in both florida and...
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republican nominee mitt romney want to keep the policies of gay marriage below the radar. the obama campaign was reluctant to comment on its efforts to fund raise in the gay and lesbian community. a campaign spokesman told the newshour that it would not be able to accommodate our request to interview key fund-raisers. but several gay democrats point to a barack obama web site specifically for lgbt voters. as evidenced the campaign is open about its support for gays. and scott weiner, a newly elected openly gay supervise never san francisco said the president isn't holding back at all. >> the president went on national television to talk about his support for marriage equality. i don't see how you get more public than that. >> reporter: for fund-raiser randlet money from gays and lesbians is vital especially in certain areas. >> los angeles, new york, san francisco are probably 90% of the total gay money in the country. and that is certainly where that center of activism is. >> reporter: not all the money randlet and others have raised recently has come from gays. >> most o
republican nominee mitt romney want to keep the policies of gay marriage below the radar. the obama campaign was reluctant to comment on its efforts to fund raise in the gay and lesbian community. a campaign spokesman told the newshour that it would not be able to accommodate our request to interview key fund-raisers. but several gay democrats point to a barack obama web site specifically for lgbt voters. as evidenced the campaign is open about its support for gays. and scott weiner, a newly...
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. >> i think both panelists are exactly right. right now mitt romney was speaking to this portion of the electorate and you need to start talking to this portion of the electorate. barack obama was good at turning out his key constituencies which are blacks, hispanics and college educated king women. republicans need to start communicating to a broader swath and that includes hispanics for sure and includes women and younger voters. president obama turned out voters under 29 in greater numbers than he did in 2008. so republicans need to take note. since 1998 when george h.w. bush was elected we've only one the popular vote in one national election and that should be concerning. i don't think it's because we're wrong on the issues. i think our issues are pretty good. we have to start communicating and reaching out to people. >> pelley: what does communicating mean if not with a different message? i mean, if the message was there it didn't seem to be heard. >> well, again, it's who you're talking to. i would argue mitt romney didn't
. >> i think both panelists are exactly right. right now mitt romney was speaking to this portion of the electorate and you need to start talking to this portion of the electorate. barack obama was good at turning out his key constituencies which are blacks, hispanics and college educated king women. republicans need to start communicating to a broader swath and that includes hispanics for sure and includes women and younger voters. president obama turned out voters under 29 in greater...
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republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan made the romney campaign's pitch to the aarp in person, drawing some boos when he insisted the president's health care law harms medicare. >> the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal "obamacare," because it represents the worst of both worlds. (boos) i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. it weakens medicare for today's seniors and puts it at risk for the next generation. >> woodruff: debate over medicare has intensified since ryan joined the ticket. democrats charge his budget plan would end the program. >> it's true, mitt romney would replace medicare's guaranteed benefits with a voucher system." >> woodruff: a new obama ad makes that case, accusing romney of seeking to raise seniors' costs by up to $6,400 a year. that's currently airing in colorado, iowa and florida. and at an event today in virginia, the president said he would fight any changes to the program. >> i will refuse to turn medicare into a voucher. ( cheers and applause ) americans who have worked hard shouldn't have to spend their golden years at the mer
republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan made the romney campaign's pitch to the aarp in person, drawing some boos when he insisted the president's health care law harms medicare. >> the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal "obamacare," because it represents the worst of both worlds. (boos) i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. it weakens medicare for today's seniors and puts it at risk for the next generation. >> woodruff: debate over medicare has...